Autograph letter signed : London, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1783 Nov. 19.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1783 Nov. 19.

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Recommending exercise and milk for Taylor's health; advising him about what foods to eat; stressing that he must "let nothing fret" him; asking him to write with details of what he eats and drinks and how he rests.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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